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W&L Places 219 Athletes on the ODAC All-Academic Team

Aug 12, 2010

SALEM, Va. – The Old Dominion Athletic Conference recently
released its 2009-2010 All-Academic Team and Washington and Lee
once again led the league in number of athletes honored.

W&L claimed 219 of the conference’s 1,191 total
All-Academic Team members named from the 14 member
institutions. Next on the list was Lynchburg College with 147
members and Bridgewater College with 131 honorees.

Eligibility for the ODAC All-Academic Team is open to any
student-athlete that competes in a conference-sponsored sport,
regardless of academic class. He or she must achieve at least a
3.25 grade point average for the year to be considered for an ODAC
All-Academic Award.

Among the Generals’ 219 honorees were 48 First Team
All-ODAC selections from throughout the 2009-10 year. The
list also includes several All-Americans from the 2009-10 season,
including 2010 graduate Lauren Caire (Nashville, Tenn./Harpeth
Hall) from the women's tennis team, rising juniors Becca Bolton
(Pittsboro, N.C./Chatham Central) from the women's basketball team,
Kat Lawson (White Post, Va./Clarke County) and Emily Leary
(Cincinnati, Ohio/Kings) from the women's soccer team and rising
sophomore Hayden White (Baltimore, Md./Towson) from the men's
tennis team.

Washington and Lee won six ODAC Championships during the 2009-10
school year and posted a .577 winning percentage. The
Generals also had six athletes garner the conference
scholar-athlete of the year award in their sport, two athletes
received the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship and another received
an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.